Gold Democrat Letter Urges McKinley Over Bryan in 1900
Ann Arbor, Michigan lawyer W D Harriman, a known Gold Democrat and friend of Judge Hadley, writes Col H S Dean explaining why Gold Democrats should vote for William McKinley. He condemns Bryan as Populist aligned and warns of silver coinage, imperialism fears, and the nation’s prosperity under McKinley. He argues for conservative governance, tariff for revenue, and lawful expansion, urging Democrats to abandon Populism and Bryanism.
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W. D. Harriman
Ann Arbor
Mich
Hadley
H. S. Dean
Henry S. Dean
William McKinley
Bryan
Kansas City
Congress
William Jennings Bryan
Tillman
Altgeld
J. Hamilton Lewis
Republic
Andrew Jackson
Territory of
Michigan
Wm. McKinley
Democratic critique of Bryan and Philippine policy
A Kansas City era letter argues no true Democrat can back Bryan, contrasts Bryan with Jackson, and defends territorial acquisitions under Democratic policy. It asserts the Philippines are lawful and urges adherence to historic Democratic principles including independence and constitutional limits.
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Bryan
Kansas City
Jefferson
Cleveland
Wellington
Detroit
Tilden
Philippine
Mississippi River
Alaska
Thirteen Colonies
Democratic Party
Oregon
Philippines
Andrew Jackson
Spain
William Jennings Bryan
Father Converse Found Visiting Mother in Zanesville O
Boston Oct 8 A message from Zanesville Ohio reports Father Duncan Converse of the Society of St John the Evangelist has been visiting his mother Mrs Elizabeth Converse of Third street for two weeks. He fell and sprained his ankle last Monday and remains at the home. He disappeared Sept 9 after officiating at a service. He left in normal garb with two books later returned to the Boston library. Earlier disappearances noted. he reportedly traveled worldwide but remained in vows. Health problems and an operation at Massachusetts General Hospital explain episodes.
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Boston
Zanesville
Father Converse
Society of St. John the Evangelist
Bowdoin Street
Duncan Converse
Elizabeth Converse
Third Street
Boston Public Library
Baltimore
Cowley Mission
South Africa
Mount Vesuvius
Fr Berger's Plain Talk in North Brookfield
Rev Fr Berger addresses church split at St Anne's with about 250 in attendance. He refused to resign unless the congregation votes him out and offers a contract payoff. He warned a mission plan under St Joseph's and urged a prompt decision amid parish tensions. George Herbert, longtime ally, is reported insane by a physician amid troubles. St Jean Baptiste society eyes action to detach funds and bar Anne's conduct, seeking Berger's removal per bylaws.
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North Brookfield
Fr. Berger
St. Anne’s Church
Springfield
St. Joseph's Church
George Herbert
Benger
Marlboro
St. Jean Baptiste Society
St. Anne's Church
Bellamy Colony aims to form communal wealth in Hillsboro county
Nashua correspondent reports the Bellamy Colony association founded by George H Webster aims to create a planned communistic community on Merrimack land seven miles from the city. It requires each member to contribute 300 dollars, plans farm market gardening and manufacturing, builds houses this winter, and expects full operation by fall with power and diverse industries.
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Nashua
Sunday Herald
Bellamy Colony Association
George H. Webster
Friends of the Colony
Webster
Mr. Webster
Massachusetts
Dunstable
Mass
Merrimack
Hillsboro County
Smalley & Co. Assignment Filed In Framingham
The October filing records Smalley & Co straw goods as- signment with Edward C. Bates as assignee. Frank N. Smalley and Bates signed papers, noting Harry W. Smalley’s disappearance and ongoing police inquiries into a trunk linked to Worcester. The case ties to Mrs. Harvey’s sudden departure and Wayland sightings.
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South Framingham
Smalley & Co
Frank FR. Hemenway
Edward C. Bates
Bates & Halliday
Westboro
Boston
Frank N. Smalley
Harry W. Smalley
Frank N. Smaley
A. 5. Achorn
Dunham
Worcester
Ruel
Harvey
Harveys
Smalleys
Wayland
Iveryman
Gmn
Smalley
JacksonAdmits Gun Was In His Hands When Thompson Fell
Fall River Oct 8 Ruel Jackson told Inspector Medley anew that the gun discharged while he handled it and worked the ejector mechanism three yards from George Thompson. Police had doubted the kicked by Thompson story and today’s questioning aligned Jackson with the theory of the true cause.
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Fall River
Ruel Jackson
Medley
George Thompson
Thompson
Young Jackson
Snow
Jackson
Inmate Education Talk on Arbitration at Concord Reform School
Bernard F. Supple addressed reformatory inmates in Concord on arbitration. His clear explanations aided the inmates understanding of the movement and its labor matters applications. The talk was part of a weekly series organized by Supt. Joseph F. Scott to provide educational value for inmates.
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Concord
Bernard F. Supple
State Board of Arbitration
Reformatory
Supple
Joseph F. Scott
Out of Prison Getchell Freed in Massachusetts
Daniel W. Getchell, convicted of manslaughter in Norfolk county for the 1898 killing of Franklin N. Waters at Sharon, was released from Dedham's house of correction after two years. He was met by Contractor Esty and escorted to Boston, where his wife and railroad workers presented a purse of money. He will return to Mansfield.
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Boston
Daniel W. Getchell
Norfolk County Superior Court
Dedham
Franklin N. Waters
Sharon
House of Correction
Esty
Getchell
Mansfield
Herbert Radcliffe Dead in Boston After Illness
Herbert Radcliffe a prominent Boston business man died today after about three weeks of stomach trouble. Born in England in 1847, he came to the United States in 1867 and founded the Boston Commercial Advertiser. He later worked with the Boston Commercial Bulletin as a market reporter and became commercial editor of the Boston Advertiser until 1888. He then served as first secretary of the newly founded Home Market club.
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Boston
Oct
Herbert Redcliffe
Radcliffe
England
United States
Boston Commercial Advertiser
Boston Commercial Bulletin
Boston Advertiser
Home Market Club
Protest filed over Lawrence liquor license expansion
The Rev William E Wolcott pastor of the Lawrence Street Congregational church filed a protest with the Lawrence board of license commissioners against granting 10 additional liquor licenses for the city as allowed by the new census He argues the board is not compelled to grant them and that action should be deferred A hearing is scheduled at the commission headquarters tonight and the board has postponed its decision
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Lawrence
William E. Wolcott
Lawrence Street Congregational Church
Board of License Commissioners
Commission
Burglaries Hit Boston and Maine Depots
Andover reports burglars broke into the Boston and Maine fright house last night stealing a small sum and valuables consigned to J. W. Dean and Smith and Manning. A break in at Ballardvale depot was also found this morning with a trunk burst open and valuables removed. No crew identified.
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Andover
Boston & Maine
J. W. Dean
Smith & Manning
Ballardvale
Bicycle Collision Claims Life in West Springfield
Springfield report states Mingloire Bousquet, 55, died from injuries after a bicycle collision Thursday night. The rider, Harry Morton, 16, struck Bousquet as he crossed the street and remains unconscious. authorities consider manslaughter charges possible.
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Springfield
Mingloire Bousquet
West Springfield
Bousquet
Harry Morton
Morton
Fall River Mill Resumes Operations
Fall River mill reopens after a two week shutdown with Stevers Manufacturing resuming full production. The firm makes fine bed coverings and employs about 275 workers.
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Fall River
Stevers Manufacturing Company
Yellow fever prevalent in Havana past decade high death toll
Havana reports show yellow fever surpassing 1897 levels with nine deaths in late September and 49 in August. Mortality remains high due to unacclimated arrivals and harbor filth, and clinicians doubt eradication within city limits without broader sanitary measures or tidal canal work.
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Havana
Cuba
Marine Hospital
Half Million Order For Cooke Locomotives By Southern Pacific
Paterson, N J Oct 8 The Southern Pacific Railroad company ordered fifty eight locomotives from Cooke Locomotive of Paterson New Jersey. The engines include passenger and mogul types with multiple drivers and carriages. Prices around ten thousand dollars each. The Rogers works may close December 1 affecting local workers. The order will keep Cooke running six months and fill orders already on hand.
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Paterson
N. J
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Cooke Locomotive Company
Cooke Works
Rogers Works
Rogers
Rogers Company
Jacob S. Rogers
On Wite's Grave Attleboro Suicide Tragedy
The body of Louis Holtzmiller, about 52, was found on his wife’s grave in Dodgeville cemetery after he drank carbolic acid. A Hebron Manufacturing Co. worker, he had mourned his spouse for months and left a note of despair. This marks a second suicide at the same cemetery within three months, following John H. Coburn’s similar death.
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Attleboro
Louis Holtzmiller
Dodgeville
Holtzmiller
Hebron Manufacturing Co
Holden
John H. Coburn
Sharon
Valuable Hand Bag Taken by Overalls Worker in Boston Garden
In Boston on October 8 the Back Bay police seek a laborer in overalls who picked up a handbag in the Public Garden containing more than $1000 in jewelry, including a diamond breastpin, two diamond stick pins, and a long gold chain, after Mrs. J. L. Sands dropped it while crossing the area. The man hurried away toward the claimant, who did not regain the bag.
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Boston
Back Buy
J. L. Sands
Hotel Kempton
Sportsmen Take Advantage of Early Hunting Season
Kineo Maine October 8 hunters flood woods for moose season opening on October 15. Deer scarce but present, moose abundant across Penobscot river watershed. First week yields strong sport with Charles A Conklin of Atlanta shooting a buck, two bears, and wounding a third. about thirty deer reported killed. Also a humorous city boy quip about a suburban field.
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Kineo
Penobscot River
Charles A. Conklin
Atlanta
St Johns T A society marks 11th anniversary in town hall
Middlesex County report details St Johns T A society 11th anniversary celebration in the town hall with an entertainment program directed by James A Murphy Lowell. The event featured an overture readings songs and performances, followed by a dance until midnight with electric lighting replacing kerosene lamps.
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St. John’s T. A. Society
Lowell
St. John’s Catholic Church
John T. Crowley
Jas. W. O'Connell
Stephen T. Ward
James F. Leahey
James P. Quigley
James A. Murphy
Chelmsford Cadet Promotions and Local Notices
The Chelmsford school cadets promote officers after exams with Sergeant Bartlett’s Troop F role shifting. George M. Wright and family begin a Canada carriage trip, while Lend-a-Hand plans fruit donations to city needy. An Odd Fellows hall whist tournament occurs Friday at 2.20 pm. Nantucket’s B S Adams visits town, and J W Fiske of New York stays with his parents. Eben T Adams serves as juryman in Lowell court term starting Oct 22. Harry L Parkhurst sells his South Street property to Mrs Sarah E Blanchard of Carlisle who will take possession immediately.
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Bartlett
E. Redman
Hermon Hill
George M. Wright
Canada
Odd Fellows Hall
B. S. Adams
Nantucket
J. W. Fiske
New York
B. M. Fiske
Eben T. Adams
Eben T. Adams Will Serve As Juryman At the Term of the Superior Court
Lowell
Harry L. Parkhurst
South Street
Sarah E. Blanchard
Carlisle
Winning Farm Provides Summer Haven For City Children
The Every Day church of Boston operates Winning Farm at the Woburn Winchester Lexington junction, a 120 acre retreat offering rooms, water, baths, and farm life. 179 children attended, each known to officials, with Friday barge tours, nature lessons, and healthy meals improving their health and spirits. Trustees left the property to Dr John W Johnson D W Pratt Howard M Munroe for use by the church vacation program. Matron Emma F McGarvey, superintendent Miss Helen Moore, and nature teacher Miss Mary A Ingalls led the program.
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Boston
Woburn
Winchester
Lexington
John W. Johnson
D. W. Pratt
Howard M. Munroe
Emma F. McGarvey
Helen Moore
Mary A. Ingalls
Lowell Gas Light Co promises instant hot water by faucet
The Lowell Gas Light Co advertises an unlimited hot water supply at a moment's turn of a faucet, with automatic gas shutoff when water stops, saving expense. The Kenwood heater may operate without a boiler, or connect to one, and an office demonstration shows its advantages. Also promoted is the Welsbach Light with the Yusea Mantle offering 50 percent more light and longer life, plus gas cooking ranges offered at cost.
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Udge Harriman
Caesar
WM. D. Harriman
Jefferson Davis
Fatate
North
Gen. Grant
Mr. Bryan
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
Zanesville, O
Mim
Themalley
Wuld
Smakey
North Brookfield Church
Bellamy
Ely
Ely Brothers
Warren Street
Smalley & CO. Assign
Framingham
Wall
Fall River Police
D. M. Getchell
Herbert Radcliffe
City of
Lawrence Clergyman
Jlirs
pNs
Johnsomu
J.L. JonEs
Canton
Ohio
Southern Pacific Railroad
Wite
Maine Woods
Willie
Middlesex County
North Chelmsford
Moore Quartette
Mr. Boulger
Adams
Eeeeees Bowers
Mrs. Murphy
Miss Gallagher
Fuingic Ccs Cece
Uneensciencese
Jas. A. Murphy
Thomas P. Boulger
Nano M. Gallagher
C.M. A. White
Bessie O'Neil
Frank Ingalls
Middlesex Park
Ingalls
John Hoyt
Franklin Ingalls
Ida Farrow
Chelmsford
Commonwealth
City Hall
Andrew
Stiles
THE
Kenwood
Malia
Emice
Kait, Prica A
Arthur Rhodes
Merrimack Street
Courier-Citizen Building
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